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Into the Cracker side or either side?Made any decisions on if and what in regard to infusing any fresh blood at breeding season
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Into the Cracker side or either side?Made any decisions on if and what in regard to infusing any fresh blood at breeding season
EitherInto the Cracker side or either side?
On the Cracker side, I already infused Blueface American gamefowl. My two current stags are 1/2 Blueface, 1/2 Cracker. I picked the Blueface because by appearance there is a link between the Blueface and the Crackers. Both sets of birds have strong junglefowl looks. I think many of the wild-type American gamefowl that are commonly called Blueface today are simply RJF-like gamefowl of the sort that were common on Florida homesteads and I suspect historical Cracker gamefowl and modern Blueface are one in the same (not to be confused with the “real” Blueface that Sweater McGinnis had that I believe fell into obscurity when he died). I think there was simply a landrace of RJF-looking and infused American gamefowl in the deep south that all share common genetics from the old Spanish empire as much as the English and somewhere in that mix were some RJF hybrids the Spanish brought in. At some point those birds started being called Blueface, but they are actually independent of Sweater McGinnis and may have never passed through his hands. Anyhow, I also chose Blueface because these particular Blueface are raised hard-core free range in Florida woods like I prefer and have larger bodies than many American gamefowl. I do not intend to add more outside blood to the Cracker side at this time, unless perhaps I try the fayoumi crosses I have. I have also considered trying the American aseel cross I have. She is wild colored and straight combed, so her offspring to a half Cracker stag should make a junglefowl-looking bird with a larger size and more defined muscle structure.I am just curious as what breed you would use and why you picked it?
Yes, I think half an acre will be enough considering they’re going to be getting a lot of supplemental feed, a lot more than what the birds at the house get.Is the half an acre you are going to turn the crackers out into going to be enough for them? How many are there? I would be concerned with them flying over the netting and then being sitting ducks for predators. I've used electric netting and done this same thing but with less feral type birds that wouldn't fly as much as a cracker. My birds that did get out tended to be stupid and could never figure out to fly over the fence and get back in with the rest of the flock. I've lost some of them that gave up looking for a way back inside the fence and slept in the open ground next to the fence and got taken by predators. Of course, that's one way to cull out stupid birds I guess.